3 visuals for webpage

This code will help produce the three visuals that are going to be a part of each equity tracker indicator webpage: regional map (tract level) of most recent data, chart of the most recent data, chart of trends over time.

If the indicator is a PUMS/OPSI indicator that can be accessed through Elmer. Getting the data to a workable version may require some data transformation. To explore, clean, transform, and generate a final data set, please use the data-gen-pums-template. This script will generate an .rda for the map and an .rda for the charts. These data sets will be loaded in before the data visualization code.

Indicator Explanation

Homeownership rates are directly related to income, but can also be related to indicators regardless of income. Discrimination and discriminatory policies of the past have created generational wealth gaps and disparities amongst communities, leading to a need for intentional and active systemic changes.

1. Map of most recent data

To map data in this form, it requires accessing data at the regional/tract level from ACS since the Elmer data set is already aggregated to equity group/quintile.

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Source(s): U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, Table S2502; U.S. Census Bureau, Geography Division 2020 TIGER/Line Shapefiles



Data call outs

  1. 61%: The region’s average rate of homeownership
  2. 69%: Kitsap County has the highest homeownership rates
  3. 57%: King County has the lowest percentage of homeowners


Insights & Analysis

  • Kitsap County has the highest homeownership rates (69%), followed by Snohomish (68%), Pierce (64%), and King (57%)
  • The five census tracts tied with the highest rates of homeownership (99-97%) are in Snohomish (Woodway and Edmonds Waterfront, Mukilteo, and south of Lake Roesiger) and King County (Sammamish and west of Covington)
  • Five census tracts with the lowest homeownership rates are in King County; four in Seattle’s University District and one in the South Lake Union neighborhood.
  • Snohomish County is the only county without 0% homeowmership rates, while there are 5 tracts in King, 2 in Kitsap, and 3 in Pierce. The census tract with the lowest homeownership rate in Snohomish (16%) is in the Westwood neighborhood.



2. Facet of most recent data

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Homeownership by Community

Percent of households living in owner-occupied housing units

U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample

Data call outs

  1. 34%: Difference between regional homeownership rates for households living above or below 200% of federal poverty level
  2. 66%: Homeownership rates of households living with children (below 18 years old) is 66%, only 7 percentage points higher than households without children
  3. 21%: Limited English proficient households have homeownership rates 21 percentage points lower than English proficient households


Insights & Analysis

  • For households living below 200% federal poverty level, homeownership rates were highest in Kitsap County (42%) followed by Pierce (38%), Snohomish (37%), and King (29%)
  • The largest difference in homeownership rates between people of color and white non-Hispanic is in Kitsap and Pierce County (19 percentage points), while the smallest difference is in Snohomish County (10 percentage points)
  • King County is the only county where limited English proficient households have lower homeownership rates (39%) than the region’s limited English proficient households (41%)



3. Facet of trend data

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Homeownership Trend by Community

Percent of households living in owner-occupied housing units, in 5-year spans between 2011 and 2021

U.S. Census Bureau, 2007-2011, 2012-2016, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Public Use Microdata Sample

Data call outs

  1. 13%: The homeownership rate gap between households in the region who were living below 200% federal poverty level and those above decreased 13% between 2011 and 2021
  2. 41%: The 2021 homeownership rate for households with limited English proficiency, a 11% increase from 2016
  3. 43%: The difference in homeownership rates between households with older adults and those wiwihtout in the region has increased 43% between 2011 and 2021


Insights & Analysis

  • The difference in homeownership rates for people of color and white non-Hispanic over time has shifted the greatest in Snohomish County (-10 percentage points), Pierce County (+5 percentage points), and King County (-4 percentage points), while remaining unchanged in Kitsap County
  • People of color have consistently had the lowest homeownership rates in King County, and the highest rates of homeownership in Snohomish County between 2011 and 2021
  • The difference in homeownership rates of people with a disability compared to those living without has stayed relatively consistent between 2016 and 2021 in all counties, except in Snohomish County, where there was a 5 percentage point increase in homeownership rates for people living with a disability



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